Definition of Auscultate

1. Verb. Examine by auscultation.

Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Examine, See
Derivative terms: Auscultation

Definition of Auscultate

1. v. i. & t. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Definition of Auscultate

1. Verb. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Auscultate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Medical Definition of Auscultate

1. To listen to the sounds made by the internal organs of the body for diagnostic purposes. For example, nurses and doctors auscultate the lungs and heart of a patient by using a stethoscope placed on the patient's chest. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auscultate

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aurostibite
aurotherapy
aurothioglucose
aurothioglycanide
aurothiomalate
aurothiomalates
aurothiosulfate
aurous
aurovertin
aurulent
aurum
aurums
auræ
auscult
auscultate (current term)
auscultated
auscultates
auscultating
auscultation
auscultations
auscultator
auscultatory
auscultatory alternans
auscultatory gap
auscultatory percussion
auscultatory sound
ausferrite
ausform
ausformed

Literary usage of Auscultate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Cure for Consumption by Its Own Virus: Illustrated by Numerous Cases by James Compton Burnett (1900)
"... I have never been able to see her to percuss and auscultate with the view of ascertaining the physical state of her thoracic organs. ..."

2. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"Don't auscultate in a cold room. Don't auscultate over the clothing. ... Don't auscultate with any silk material between the patient's skin and your ear. ..."

3. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"Inspect, palpate, and auscultate 'If accessible arteries and veins (pages ... auscultate the lungs—front, sides, unl l«ck, determining the character of the ..."

4. Practical treatise on the diseases of children and infants at the breast by Eugène Bouchut (1855)
"It is necessary to use great precaution when it is wished to auscultate the chest of young children. It should be examined during the state of calm and at ..."

5. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of ...edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1995)
"... auscultate the lungs as follows: A, Listen to posterior chest by asking the participant B. Please breathe in and out through your mouth more deeply ..."

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